[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D810-D812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings on the conservation provisions of the proposed Federal farm 
bill, focusing on conservation programs to assist landowners and 
operators to manage and protect their land and water resources, 
receiving testimony from Lee Klein, Battle Creek, Nebraska, on behalf 
of the National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean 
Association; George Dunklin, Jr., DeWitt, Arkansas, on behalf of the 
U.S. Rice Producers' Group; Gary Mast, Millersburg, Ohio, on behalf of 
the National Association of Conservation Districts; Dave Serfling, 
Preston, Minnesota, on behalf of the Land Stewardship Project; and Mark 
Shaffer, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 
for military construction programs, after receiving testimony in behalf 
of funds for their respective activities from Dov S. Zakheim, Under 
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); Raymond F. DuBois, Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; John Molino, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family 
Policy; Patricia Sanders, Deputy Director for Test, Simulation, and 
Evaluation, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; Lt. Gen. William 
Tangney, USA, Deputy Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command; 
Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Randolph, Jr., USAF, Deputy Executive Director, 
TRICARE Management Activity; Paul Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Installations and Housing; Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van 
Antwerp, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management; 
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Squier, ANG, Deputy Director, Army National 
Guard; and Maj. Gen. Paul C. Bergson, USAR, Military Deputy (Reserve 
Components), Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International 
Affairs, United States Army Reserve.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of John P. Stenbit, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence, and Ronald M. 
Sega, of Colorado, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, 
both of the Department of Defense, Michael L. Dominguez, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Nelson 
F. Gibbs, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Installations 
and Environment, both of the Department of the Air Force, Michael 
Parker, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, and 
Mario P. Fiori, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Installations 
and Environment, both of the Department of the Army, and H. T. Johnson, 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations 
and Environment, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Sega was introduced by Senator Allard, Mr. Parker 
was introduced by Senators Lott and Cochran, Mr. Fiori was introduced 
by Senators Cleland and Thurmond, and Mr. Johnson was introduced by 
Senators Warner and Thurmond.
AUTHORIZATION--NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on Navy shipbuilding programs, after receiving testimony from 
John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, 
Development, and Acquisition; and Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice 
Chief of Naval Operations.
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings to examine the issues of spectrum 
management and 3rd generation wireless service, focusing on tools to 
ensure the availability of spectrum for the rapid deployment of new 
advanced technologies such as the development of Third Generation 
wireless, and the promotion of spectrum efficiency in order that this 
scarce resource is put to its most valuable use, after receiving 
testimony from William T. Hatch, Acting

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Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; 
Julius P. Knapp, Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, 
Federal Communications Commission; Linton Wells II, Acting Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and 
Intelligence; Dennis F. Strigl, Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, New 
Jersey; Carroll D. McHenry, Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc., 
Carrollton, Texas; Mark C. Kelley, Leap Wireless International, Inc., 
San Diego, California; Thomas E. Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunications 
and Internet Association, Washington, D.C.; and Martin Cooper, 
ArrayComm, Inc., San Jose, California.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings on S. 689, to convey certain Federal 
properties on Governors Island, New York, S. 1175, to modify the 
boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park to include the property 
known as Pemberton's Headquarters, S. 1227, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility 
of establishing the Niagara River National Heritage Area in the State 
of New York, and H.R. 601, to ensure the continued access of hunters to 
those Federal lands included within the boundaries of the Craters of 
the Moon National Monument in the State of Idaho pursuant to 
Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and to continue the 
applicability of the Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of grazing 
fees arising from the use of such lands, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Clinton and former Senator Moynihan; Representatives LaFalce 
and Simpson; Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service, General Services Administration; Bernadette Castro, 
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, 
and H. Claude Shostal, Regional Plan Association, both of New York; 
John C. Drake, City of Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, New York; and Jane 
Thompson, Thompson Design Group, Boston, Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Robert C. Bonner, to be Commissioner of Customs, and Rosario Marin, 
to be Treasurer of the United States, both of California, both of the 
Department of the Treasury, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be a 
Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, 
and Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, and Janet 
Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, both of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Huntsman and Ms. Rehnquist were 
introduced by Senator Hatch.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Vincent Martin Battle, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of 
Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Edmund 
James Hull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, 
Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait, Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Syrian Arab Republic, Maureen Quinn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to 
the State of Qatar, R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be United 
States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Daniel R. 
Coats, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 
Craig Roberts Stapleton, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic, Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Slovenia, Richard J. Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Hungary, Robert Geers Loftis, of Colorado, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Christopher William Dell, of 
New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Carole 
Brookins, of Indiana, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Ross J. 
Connelly, of Maine, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, Jeanne L. Phillips, of Texas, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development, Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be 
United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, 
and Patrick M. Cronin, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, United States Agency 
for International Development, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gnehm was introduced by 
Senators Hollings and Enzi, Mr. Burns was introduced by Senators 
Sarbanes and Kennedy, former Senator Coats was introduced by Senator 
Lugar, Mr. Egan was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, and Ms. 
Brinker and Ms. Phillips were introduced by Senator Hutchison.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
General Services Administration, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION AND SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine workplace safety and asbestos 
contamination, focusing on the combined authority and efforts of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency to prescribe 
and enforce regulations to prevent health risks to workers form 
exposure to airborne asbestos, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Baucus; Representative Rehberg; David D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary 
for Mine Safety and Health, and R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, both of the Department of 
Labor; Kathleen M. Rest, Acting Director, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Michael Shapiro, 
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Richard Lemen, Emory 
University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, former 
Assistant Surgeon General of the United States; John Addison, John 
Addison Consultancy, Edinburgh, Scotland; Michael R. Harbut, Wayne 
State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of 
the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Alan 
Whitehouse, Klock and Whitehouse, Spokane, Washington; Ned Gumble, 
Virginia Vermiculite, and David Pinter, both of Louisa, Virginia; and 
George Biekkola, L'Anse, Michigan.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation to revise and extend programs of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, focusing on the challenges confronting the Indian 
Health Service, tribally-administered health care programs, and urban 
Indian health care programs with regard to recruiting and retaining 
health care professionals, after receiving testimony from William C. 
Vanderwagen, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Barry T. Hill, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Michael 
E. Bird, American Public Health Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 
on behalf of the Friends of Indian Health; Robert Hall, National 
Council of Urban Indian Health, Washington, D.C.; Anthony Hunter, 
American Indian Community House, Inc., New York, New York; Carole 
Meyers, Missoula Indian Center, Missoula, Montana; Martin Waukazoo, 
Urban Indian Health Board, Inc., San Francisco, California, on behalf 
of the Native American Health Centers; and Kay Culbertson, Denver 
Indian Health and Family Services, Denver, Colorado.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Boxer and Feinstein, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.